Saul Reina

Notes	Blackberry Jam, Pink Apple Lady, Caramel
Origin	La Palma, Chalatenango, El Salvador
Elevation	1600-1700 MASL
Variety	Pacamara
Process	Washed

This coffee from producer Héctor Saul Reina is our third selection of Pacamara from the recent El Salvador harvest. In this particular lot we find a vibrant and sweet profile with notes of cooked berries, crisp pome fruit and caramelized sugar.

Saul has been growing coffee on his farm Finca Idania since the year 2000. From the beginning, he has placed an emphasis on producing very high quality lots, as evidenced by his decision to cultivate prized varieties like Pacamara, Gesha, Pacas and Bourbon. Processing on this lot was traditional, allowing the character of the variety to really shine through: freshly pulped coffee fruit was fermented for 18-24 hours before being washed and dried on raised beds for 25 days. 

Saul’s coffee was exported by CafeNor, a fully carbon neutral mill in the Metapan region of northern El Salvador owned by Alejandro and Rosa Maria Valiente, who passed along this message, directly from Saul: “We would like to thank Cafetalera del Norte in advance for their support, as well as those who purchase our coffee; knowing this motivates us to keep up our efforts to cultivate specialty coffee.”